Luke 20:27-38

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, year C.

Questions

1) What does resurrection mean to you?

2) How do you feel about marriage?

3) How do you feel about levirate marriage? Can we reconcile ancient ideas of marriage with our modern world? Is it possible?

4) The text seems to idealise celibacy, how do you feel about this?

5) Can this text teach us anything about marriage and relationship? What do we think and feel about marriage now? Is there a gap between and ideal and reality? Is it oppressive? Life-giving? Unnecessary? Sacred?

6) What do you think of the woman in the story? Where is her agency?